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| 9934 | The Cyber Hymnal#9935 | 9936 |
| Text: | Thyself Instead |
| Author: | Fanny Crosby |
| Tune: | CÔTE D'IVOIRE |
| Composer: | John Robson Sweney |
| Media: | MIDI file |
1 Lord, take my heart, my wandering heart,
To Thee its powers belong;
Cast out each thought of unbelief,
And fill me now with song.
Refrain:
Since Thou to purchase life for me
Thy precious blood hast shed,
Take all I have forever dear,
But give Thyself instead.
2 Take from my soul its dross, refine,
Its every sin remove;
Cast out the idols I have made,
And fill me with Thy love. [Refrain]
3 Take Thou my days and let my hours
Be spent alone for Thee;
O give me strength my cross to bear,
Whate’er that cross may be. [Refrain]
4 And when before Thy throne I stand,
My toil and labor o’er,
I’ll strike the harp Thy hand has tuned,
And praise Thee evermore. [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Lord, take my heart, my wandering heart |
| Title: | Thyself Instead |
| Author: | Fanny Crosby |
| Refrain First Line: | Since Thou to purchase life for me |
| Meter: | CMD |
| Language: | English |
| Source: | Songs of Joy and Gladness by William McDonald, Joshua Gill, John R. Sweney and William Kirkpatrick (Boston: McDonald & Gill, 1885) |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Notes: | Some hymnals sow the author as Sallie Smith, one of Fanny's pseudonyms |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CÔTE D'IVOIRE |
| Composer: | John Robson Sweney |
| Meter: | CMD |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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